August*
#391 most common boys' name of all time · #856 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#391
Rank overall
#856 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
74,452
Since 2016
32,077
Peak year
2025 #81
Best rank
#74 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 4,226/yr
August is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | 3,958 | 4,226 | #81 |
| 2024 | 291 | 3,894 | 4,185 | #88 |
| 2023 | 291 | 3,459 | 3,750 | #104 |
| 2022 | 321 | 3,420 | 3,741 | #109 |
| 2021 | 328 | 3,160 | 3,488 | #120 |
| 2020 | 316 | 2,432 | 2,748 | #155 |
| 2019 | 319 | 2,389 | 2,708 | #167 |
| 2018 | 300 | 2,291 | 2,591 | #169 |
| 2017 | 259 | 2,061 | 2,320 | #191 |
| 2016 | 228 | 2,092 | 2,320 | #193 |
| 2015 | 249 | 2,093 | 2,342 | #195 |
| 2014 | 232 | 1,545 | 1,777 | #241 |
| 2013 | 129 | 1,043 | 1,172 | #319 |
| 2012 | 131 | 946 | 1,077 | #333 |
| 2011 | 119 | 720 | 839 | #395 |
| 2010 | 112 | 647 | 759 | #427 |
| 2009 | 110 | 651 | 761 | #432 |
| 2008 | 108 | 582 | 690 | #477 |
| 2007 | 100 | 413 | 513 | #609 |
| 2006 | 86 | 384 | 470 | #618 |
| 2005 | 88 | 343 | 431 | #636 |
| 2004 | 75 | 301 | 376 | #672 |
| 2003 | 73 | 304 | 377 | #654 |
| 2002 | 97 | 281 | 378 | #664 |
| 2001 | 97 | 290 | 387 | #644 |
| 2000 | 99 | 310 | 409 | #614 |
| 1999 | 85 | 283 | 368 | #633 |
| 1998 | 114 | 312 | 426 | #596 |
| 1997 | 119 | 258 | 377 | #645 |
| 1996 | 93 | 223 | 316 | #711 |
| 1995 | 78 | 249 | 327 | #663 |
| 1994 | 59 | 196 | 255 | #750 |
| 1993 | 43 | 168 | 211 | #815 |
| 1992 | 29 | 165 | 194 | #814 |
| 1991 | 30 | 153 | 183 | #838 |
| 1990 | 23 | 146 | 169 | #846 |
| 1989 | 29 | 152 | 181 | #806 |
| 1988 | 25 | 123 | 148 | #855 |
| 1987 | 30 | 115 | 145 | #870 |
| 1986 | 24 | 130 | 154 | #796 |
| 1985 | 29 | 118 | 147 | #820 |
| 1984 | 34 | 108 | 142 | #843 |
| 1983 | 45 | 90 | 135 | #930 |
| 1982 | 27 | 103 | 130 | #876 |
| 1981 | 31 | 106 | 137 | #858 |
| 1980 | 41 | 108 | 149 | #850 |
| 1979 | 43 | 104 | 147 | #851 |
| 1978 | 46 | 95 | 141 | #881 |
| 1977 | 41 | 107 | 148 | #822 |
| 1976 | 33 | 106 | 139 | #809 |
| 1975 | 24 | 104 | 128 | #814 |
| 1974 | 31 | 109 | 140 | #771 |
| 1973 | 22 | 92 | 114 | #829 |
| 1972 | 17 | 99 | 116 | #804 |
| 1971 | 19 | 118 | 137 | #755 |
| 1970 | 13 | 110 | 123 | #782 |
| 1969 | 7 | 111 | 118 | #743 |
| 1968 | 11 | 99 | 110 | #746 |
| 1967 | 10 | 119 | 129 | #683 |
| 1966 | 14 | 105 | 119 | #726 |
| 1965 | 11 | 110 | 121 | #712 |
| 1964 | 7 | 126 | 133 | #686 |
| 1963 | 10 | 133 | 143 | #678 |
| 1962 | — | 122 | 122 | #695 |
| 1961 | 8 | 161 | 169 | #625 |
| 1960 | 8 | 148 | 156 | #640 |
| 1959 | — | 164 | 164 | #604 |
| 1958 | — | 155 | 155 | #618 |
| 1957 | — | 181 | 181 | #575 |
| 1956 | — | 186 | 186 | #556 |
| 1955 | — | 151 | 151 | #600 |
| 1954 | 6 | 190 | 196 | #530 |
| 1953 | — | 216 | 216 | #476 |
| 1952 | — | 193 | 193 | #503 |
| 1951 | — | 202 | 202 | #476 |
| 1950 | — | 203 | 203 | #469 |
| 1949 | — | 249 | 249 | #430 |
| 1948 | — | 241 | 241 | #429 |
| 1947 | — | 250 | 250 | #431 |
| 1946 | — | 230 | 230 | #420 |
| 1945 | — | 201 | 201 | #420 |
| 1944 | — | 239 | 239 | #392 |
| 1943 | — | 249 | 249 | #388 |
| 1942 | — | 280 | 280 | #362 |
| 1941 | — | 237 | 237 | #376 |
| 1940 | — | 258 | 258 | #354 |
| 1939 | — | 249 | 249 | #352 |
| 1938 | — | 249 | 249 | #352 |
| 1937 | — | 300 | 300 | #307 |
| 1936 | 5 | 288 | 293 | #316 |
| 1935 | — | 270 | 270 | #332 |
| 1934 | — | 295 | 295 | #316 |
| 1933 | — | 337 | 337 | #289 |
| 1932 | — | 365 | 365 | #286 |
| 1931 | — | 423 | 423 | #265 |
| 1930 | — | 432 | 432 | #271 |
| 1929 | 5 | 454 | 459 | #263 |
| 1928 | 5 | 421 | 426 | #276 |
| 1927 | 6 | 496 | 502 | #257 |
| 1926 | — | 458 | 458 | #267 |
| 1925 | — | 514 | 514 | #252 |
| 1924 | 6 | 574 | 580 | #239 |
| 1923 | 5 | 544 | 549 | #240 |
| 1922 | 7 | 596 | 603 | #225 |
| 1921 | 5 | 610 | 615 | #217 |
| 1920 | 10 | 610 | 620 | #211 |
| 1919 | — | 618 | 618 | #203 |
| 1918 | — | 618 | 618 | #207 |
| 1917 | 6 | 661 | 667 | #184 |
| 1916 | — | 676 | 676 | #178 |
| 1915 | 9 | 709 | 718 | #162 |
| 1914 | 6 | 533 | 539 | #166 |
| 1913 | — | 401 | 401 | #171 |
| 1912 | — | 343 | 343 | #171 |
| 1911 | — | 166 | 166 | #187 |
| 1910 | — | 144 | 144 | #188 |
| 1909 | — | 129 | 129 | #179 |
| 1908 | — | 138 | 138 | #168 |
| 1907 | — | 134 | 134 | #163 |
| 1906 | — | 120 | 120 | #164 |
| 1905 | — | 109 | 109 | #175 |
| 1904 | — | 127 | 127 | #151 |
| 1903 | — | 116 | 116 | #154 |
| 1902 | — | 108 | 108 | #162 |
| 1901 | — | 116 | 116 | #141 |
| 1900 | — | 148 | 148 | #144 |
| 1899 | — | 142 | 142 | #117 |
| 1898 | — | 164 | 164 | #112 |
| 1897 | — | 137 | 137 | #120 |
| 1896 | — | 180 | 180 | #103 |
| 1895 | — | 190 | 190 | #101 |
| 1894 | — | 162 | 162 | #109 |
| 1893 | — | 155 | 155 | #111 |
| 1892 | — | 181 | 181 | #102 |
| 1891 | — | 186 | 186 | #86 |
| 1890 | — | 206 | 206 | #84 |
| 1889 | — | 171 | 171 | #96 |
| 1888 | — | 213 | 213 | #86 |
| 1887 | — | 194 | 194 | #84 |
| 1886 | — | 203 | 203 | #84 |
| 1885 | — | 193 | 193 | #86 |
| 1884 | — | 213 | 213 | #80 |
| 1883 | — | 209 | 209 | #77 |
| 1882 | — | 234 | 234 | #74 |
| 1881 | — | 172 | 172 | #80 |
| 1880 | — | 210 | 210 | #74 |